Amethyst was fashionable in the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists discovered jewelry belonging to Middle Kingdom queens and princesses in pyramids at a site called Dahshur around 25 miles south of Cairo.

While traditional religious practices may be on the decline, pilgrimages — meditative, multi-day hikes — are experiencing a resurgence. Explore the routes that are offering new, mindful journeys in ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Astrology, one of the oldest known sciences, has played a significant role in human civilization. From interpreting celestial omens to developing complex astrological calendars, the study of the stars ...

Funding has been secured to help expand and protect one of England's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests.Naddle Forest at Wild Haweswater, Cumbria, will undergo a year-long programme of tree ...

The Bible has a surprising amount to say regarding the origin of the Minoans. What are its claims, and how does this relate to archaeology?

Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ...

A Lake Older Than Mountains Lakes, like mountains, can last millions of years. However, most lakes are short-lived in ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander marks the first fully successful commercial moon mission, achieving all objectives and ...

The name Pien Tze Huang derives from three characters: Pien means "a piece", tze an exclamatory particle in the southern Fujian dialect, while huang refers to "heat, toxicity, swelling, and pain".

After surrendering scores of art works thought looted, the museum is looking to its new head of provenance research to police its acquisitions and review its collection.

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.